1. WISER 2009: Chemistry and Materials Electronic resources for Chemistry and Materials Science

2. WISER 2009: Chemistry and Materials Session overview E-resources for research in Chemistry and Materials  Electronic resources on Oxlip+  How to find databases, e-journals, e-books…  Key databases and how to search them  Chance to practise Chemistry and Materials Science Guides to resources: http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/rsl/e-resources/http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/rsl/e-resources/ - RSL web site Chemistry Information – Departmental web site

3. WISER 2009: Chemistry and Materials Electronic resources at Oxford Access all electronic resources from Oxford Libraries Information Platform Oxlip+ http://oxlip-plus.ouls.ox.ac.uk/ The meta search engine provides access to electronic databases, e-journals, e-books, standards online, conference proceeding … Direct access from University network (no password) Remote access – Use your Oxford SSO Login Some resources may require personal registration (e.g. SciFinder)

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5. Chemistry research E-databases  Electronic equivalent of abstracts and indexes  Published research  International coverage  Subject specific coverage  Include thousands of scientific journals  Mainly peer reviewed journals  Provide abstracts for Chemistry  SciFinder on the Web (includes Chemical Abstracts)  Crossfire Beilstein & Gmelin (organic and inorganic chemistry)  Web of Science with Conference Proceedings

6. WISER 2009: Chemistry and Materials SciFinder on the Web – New portal! SciFinder on the Web  Covers all areas of chemistry, biochemistry, materials from 1907.  Indexes over 100000 journals, patents, books proceedings, reports, etc.  Provides references, substances and reactions Personal registration required! Go to Oxlip+ Click on the SciFinder link Login using Oxford SSO Follow the link to registration page

7. WISER 2009: Chemistry and Materials Crossfire Beilstein & Gmelin Crossfire databases:  Beilstein – Organic Chemistry database  Gmelin – Inorganic Chemistry database Search for substances reactions, structure, and methods of preparation.

8. WISER 2009: Chemistry and Materials Materials Science research CSA Materials Research database with METADEX Covers over 3,000 periodicals, conference proceedings, technical reports, trade journals, patents...  Comprises 15 materials specific databases  Provides references and abstracts  Links to available full-text articles and OLIS  Produced by Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA)

9. WISER 2009: Chemistry and Materials Electronic journals Oxford University e-journals http://ejournals.ouls.ox.ac.uk/ More than 40 000 e-journals Links into publisher’s web sites for full-text articles Links from electronic databases to full-text article (e.g. SciFinder)

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11. Union Catalogue of Oxford Libraries Accessing Oxford’s print collections: SOLO – Search Oxford Libraries Online http://solo.ouls.ox.ac.uk/http://solo.ouls.ox.ac.uk/ (Resource discovery portal) Search for print material in libraries, e-books and Oxford Research Archive (ORA) OLIS - Union Catalogue of Oxford Libraries http://www.lib.ox.ac.uk/olis/ (request a book from the RSL stack or check your borrowing record)

12. WISER 2009: Chemistry and Materials Contacts: Dr Karl Harrison Department of Chemistry University of Oxford karl.harrison@chem.ox.ac.uk Ljilja Ristic, MSc Chem PGDiplLIS MCLIP Physical Sciences Librarian Subject Consultant Radcliffe Science Library ljilja.ristic@bodley.ox.ac.uk